A march is planned in downtown Phoenix Saturday by a group which claims that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration policies are terrorizing citizens.

Up to 2,000 people will walk from the Wells Fargo building to the Tent City Jail, starting at 9 a.m.

The march was organized by a group of Valley religious leaders. Chris Fleischman of the group Puente said they want to shine the spotlight on Arpaio.

"We want to highlight to the country that we are sick and tired of the human rights abuses inside the Tent City and by the very raids that the sheriff does to terrorize the population of immigrants, whether they're documented or not," he said.

Fleischman added, "He is terrorizing people, racially profiling them, just making it difficult for people to conduct their daily lives and for businesses to continue their normal operations. He's hurting our county much more than he's helping it.

National civil rights activist The Rev. Al Sharpton called for Arpaio's resignation last month and said he would lead a protest in Phoenix in May if the sheriff did not step down.

However, Fleischman said he has not talked with Sharpton, who heads the National Action Network.

"I tried to contact National Action Network, but I don't know what their priorities are right now," he said.

The march prompted the sheriff's office to cancel all inmate visits at the Durango Jail facility on Saturday.

Because the protest crowd is expected to be in the thousands, Arpaio said the protestors will make public access to the jail complex "nearly impossible."

To compensate for that, visitation hours were extended to 8:30 p.m. Friday night.